Bridle-strangler.



No. 841,923. PATENTED'JAN. 22,1907.

P, BEYLB.

BRIDLE STRANGLER. APPLICATION FILED 0OT.2, 1905.

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FERDINAND BEYLE, OF COLORADO CITY, COLORADO.

BRIDLE-STRANGLER.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22. 1907.

Application filed October 2. 1905. Serial No. 281.097.

To all whom itmcty concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND BEYLE, a

Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBridle-Stranglers;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as .will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to harness attachments.

One object of the invention is to provide an attachment for engagementwith the throat of a horse, so as to check him in the event that heattempts to run away.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a harnessattachment for application to a head-gear and so arranged therewith asto permit of a choking of the horse in the event that he should becomeunmanageable.

A still further object of the invention resides in the-provision of anexceedingly simple, inexpensive, durable, and eflicient device of thecharacter stated.

With these and other objects in view the present mvention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accomp anying drawings, and p articularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scoe of the claim without departing from t e spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention.

In'the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a harness,illustrating my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail view of myimproved or animal-controlling strap.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, it will beseen that a portion of a set of harness is shown and that the referencecharacter 1 designates the headgear or bridle of the harness, providedwith a hook 2 at its upper end, with which is engaged a ring 3. Ifdesired, a leather strap may be substituted for the hook 2. This changeseems so obvious that illustration is deemed unnecessary. At any ratethe ring 3 is secured to the hook or other connection 2, and throughthis ring 3 is passed a strap 4, whose end beneath the ring 3 is securedto the hook or other connection .2, and the ring 3 is in the form of aloop 5, designed for engagement about the neck of the horse. (Notshown.) This strap 4 is provided with a ring 6 intermediate its ends forengagement with the checkrein-hook 7 of the harness. Which is secured tothe back-band, and the ring 6 is normally in engagement with the saidhook 7, in which position the strap 5 does not have a tendency to bindagainst the throat of the animal. However, if the animal should becomeunmanageable and attempt to run away, a pull upon the mner end of thestrap 4, which is that portion designated by the reference character 8lying in the rear of the checkrein-hook 7, will disengage the ring 6 ofthe strap 4 from the checkrein-hook 7 and permit oi the strap 4 beingpulled through the ring 3 ofthe bridle and positively strangle theanimal by reason of the engagement of the loop 5 of the strap 4 With theneck of the animal.

What is claimed is The combination, with a harness including a bridleportion and a back-band, of a hook secured to the upper end of thebridle, and a hook secured to the back-band; a ring detachably engagedwith said bridle-hook; and a rearwardly-extending strap secured at oneend to said ring and passed therethrough to form a loop for encirclingthe throat of the animal, said strap being provided intermediate itsends with a ring normally in engagement with said back-band hook, saidlastmentioned ring being adapted to be disengaged from sald back-bandhook upon a backward pull upon said strap, to bind the loo against thethroat of the animal.

IE1 testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND BEYLE.

Witnesses:

G. L. LIMEED, J. A. PALMER.

